Entertainment sites

So, you wanna build the next You Tube or GameSpot? Good luck with that.

Still, there’s room for more video, gaming and other entertainment sites, especially if you cater to particular niches.

You can build an entertainment site cheaply, by simply linking to or embedding content from sites such as YouTube. But sooner or later, you’re going to need original content if you expect to attract and keep a large number of visitors.

The issues involved in running an entertainment site:

  • Expense. If you’re going to build a full-fledged video, gaming site, podcasting network or virtual world, you’ll need folks like videographers, Actionscript 3 developers, 3D renderers, sound technicians. Or the software to create such things yourself. And will put a lot of hours into building the site.
  • Legality. Though you may not know it by looking at all the stuff on the web, the U.S. and other countries still have copyright laws, and you can get into trouble by violating them.
    • Disclaimer

    Tools and Resources
    We Recommend


    Free Trial Plus 10% Off 3 Months

    We have been using Cartika Hosting for more than four years, for both the V3 Graphics site and client sites, and highly recommend them. What we like about Cartika:
    • Very reliable—no downtime
    • Good communication
    • Excellent tech support
    • Multi-platform hosting: Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, ColdFusion

    Transfer your domain for just $6.99* and get a year free!

    We have been using Freshbooks forever to bill our clients, and this web-based application just keeps getting better and better. Freshbooks includes:
    • Invoicing
    • Time tracking
    • Expense tracking
    • Recurring billing
    • Support ticket system
    It's very reasonably priced, with six levels of service, ranging from a free account for up to three clients and one staff login, to $149 a month for up to 5,000 clients and 20 staff.
    I Heart AWeber.com

    Do you love email marketing?

    I have been using Aweber for a long time, and consider it one of the very few reliable email marketing programs. Aweber has an excellent reputation and is known for its high deliverability rates.